Tasmanian Senator Claire Chandler has returned to the shadow ministry with responsibilities for Cyber Security and Science as part of a frontbench reshuffle unveiled on Sunday. Opposition leader Sussan...
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Can Australia play an outsized role in the global regulation of Big Tech? Do we have the middle-power muscle to bring together a coalition of countries that would have...
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has appointed Matt Yannopoulos as secretary of the Department of Finance, placing a career public servant with a strong IT and digital background at the helm...
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Australia’s communication regulator has called out “stalling” fact checking by platform giants after Meta and Google abandoned efforts to verify information with experts, and other companies stopped detailing their...
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Breakthrough Victoria has followed the federal government’s lead and taken a $2 million stake in Harvest B, the country’s first plant-based protein ingredient manufacturer. Founded by Kristi Riordan and...
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Microsoft and OpenAI have signed a non-binding deal for new relationship terms that would allow OpenAI to proceed to restructure itself into a for-profit company, marking a new phase...
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A couple of big equity investment bets by Australian governments into US quantum firms PsiQuantum and Infleqtion have taken a step forward with a pathway to liquidity revealing itself....
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Australia’s trial of age assurance technology used a “mystery shopping” company that tried to recruit its own staff to test options like facial and voice analysis, according to insiders’...
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The Greens have called on the Albanese government to get behind a private members bill that would ban dodgy contractors from working with the Commonwealth for up to five years....
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The cybersecurity of an SME is only as strong as its weakest link, and the vast majority of cyber-attacks begin with a human error. In Australia, small and medium...
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British defence giant Rolls-Royce has signed an agreement with the Western Australian and South Australian governments to co-design workforce initiatives that will support the AUKUS submarine program and future...
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Republican US Senator Ted Cruz has introduced a bill that would let artificial intelligence companies apply for exemptions from federal regulation to help them experiment in developing new technology....
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Beleaguered Australian National University vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell has resigned amid a string of controversies surrounding her and the university’s leadership, including deep budget cuts and allegations of staff abuse....
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Meta Platforms and TikTok on Wednesday won a legal challenge to the way EU regulators calculated a supervisory fee imposed on them under landmark tech rules, but will receive...